Kikuyu

[ ki-koo-yoo ]

noun

, plural Ki·ku·yus, (especially collectively) Ki·ku·yu.

1. a member of an Indigenous people of Kenya having an agricultural economy and notable as being the originators of the Mau Mau.
2. the language of the Kikuyu, a Bantu language.
3. Usually kikuyu. Also called kikuyu grass. a grass, Pennisetum clandestinum, native to southern Africa, sometimes used in warm climates for lawns or as pasturage.

Kikuyu

/ kɪˈkuːjuː /

noun

1. -yus-yu a member of a Negroid people of E Africa, living chiefly in Kenya on the high foothills around Mount Kenya
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family

Example Sentences

He is from the Kikuyu community, the country’s largest ethnic group, while President Ruto is a Kalenjin, an ethnic group which mainly lives in the Rift Valley.

From BBC

Chira was buried next to his great-grandfather, and the villagers watched as the content creators stepped on the graves, contrary to the local Kikuyu community's traditions.

From BBC

“If I think about Chapultepec a few years ago, the WGC we had there was kikuyu grass, bent grass greens, that’s what I grew up on. A little bit different here,” van Rooyen said.

From Seattle Times

The uprising began in the early 1950s, as the country's major ethnic grouping, the Kikuyu, grew increasingly resentful of their British rulers over white settler expansion and a lack of political representation.

From BBC

British Army reinforcements were moved into the country in 1952, after Kikuyu fighters began attacking political opponents and raiding white settler farms.

From BBC